I want to add two angelfish to my tank

I am considering adding a couple of young angelfish to my community tank. However, I am afraid that the existing angelfish as well as the blood parrot might start to harass any new additions. Would it be possible for me to add more angelfish without any fighting taking place? Thanks in advance.

 

Never had angels or BP’s but I’m sure someone will chime in asking a few questions like your tank size and how the existing 2 fish are getting along at the moment. Also if anything else is in there with them. Good luck

 

Agreed that current stocking and tank size is key to us being able to give proper advice.

 

Never had angels or BP’s but I’m sure someone will chime in asking a few questions like your tank size and how the existing 2 fish are getting along at the moment. Also if anything else is in there with them. Good luck

Apologies, I should have mentioned those details in my initial post. The tank is five feet long and has a depth of two feet. The angelfish and blood parrot mostly ignore each other, although the parrot occasionally shoos the angelfish away during feeding time. The other inhabitants consist of ten harlequin tetras as well as a juvenile albino pleco. It's the pleco that the parrot often clashes with. They often fight over the algae wafers that I give the pleco and the parrot gives up eventually when the pleco stands its ground.

 

if the blood parrots are pushing adults off food, they'll do it more to juveniles. it's not a good fit. You could try it, but you should be prepared to remove the juveniles to their own space to grow out some and then try reintroducing when they are bigger.

Or just buy 2 adults that can be sexed. and get what would fit best with the angels you already have. Mature males and females are always a conflict when in the same tank unless it's just the pair.

Kind of have to be prepared to separate them though. You never know the personality and interactions until they are together and adults.

 

I am considering adding a couple of young angelfish to my community tank. However, I am afraid that the existing angelfish as well as the blood parrot might start to harass any new additions. Would it be possible for me to add more angelfish without any fighting taking place? Thanks in advance.
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I would never risk it

 

I would risk it, but only if I had a spare tank or other plan B in case it didn’t work out, which is a definite possibility. But I would actually prefer to introduce two juvenile angels to a tank with established adults rather than two more adults which would be seen as much more of a threat and might be more likely to fight back, or be badly battered, I don’t think adults would hurt the juveniles too badly. The trouble might come as they mature. I am not sure about the parrot, having never kept one.

 

I would risk it, but only if I had a spare tank or other plan B in case it didn’t work out, which is a definite possibility. But I would actually prefer to introduce two juvenile angels to a tank with established adults rather than two more adults which would be seen as much more of a threat and might be more likely to fight back, or be badly battered, I don’t think adults would hurt the juveniles too badly. The trouble might come as they mature. I am not sure about the parrot, having never kept one.

I agree it can be done and worth the shot but have to be prepared to remove them if they aren't accepted. I actually worry more about splitting my pair and putting the dominant and always aggressive male with the other males and juveniles than putting juveniles in with the 4 adults that never paired or spawned males.
He's the wildcard and not sure if he'll settle down or not if separated from the female and tried to put into the group, but only one way to really find out.

But my other males are quite peaceful, and I've tested 11 juveniles so far in two different add in groups, to see if it would work and the 4 adults barely even bother with them except for that first hour of initial introductions. it was very mild and the juveniles are much faster and smaller than the bigger adults, plus they back down immediately when challenged for dominance, and are too big to eat.

your blood parrots,,,,, I don't know about what's gonna happen with that. again, only one way to find out also....